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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 15:21:59 EDT lnxw48a1
   I'm pretty low in motivation and making plans for the future right now, but I am starting to think that whatever I do next should involve starting and building a business together with #sonTwo, so that when I cannot work any longer or I pass away, he can carry it forward.
   
   I'd love to see the older and younger boys also assist, but the middle child is the one I trust to make decisions that are closest to my own values, so he's the one I'd want to leave in control.
   
   Anyway, that's all great, but doing what? How would I prepare (skill up, get funding, acquire necessary tools and equipment)?
   
   I don't have any answers or even any leanings that I could use for guidance, which stinks, because I have never been the person that did not know what I wanted to achieve and how I wanted to proceed to make that happen.
   1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 17:05:18 EDT musicman

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      my friend Nik and I have been talking about making a FLOSS training app. There's probably a small market for something like Fitbit or Garmin Connect that is privacy-focused, but my guess is you would need to have connections to "elites".
      
      Anyway, we have a GitHub organization, but no code yet.
      
      Nik is obsessed with starting a business, but I don't think he's a very good developer. Still, he continues to learn, so he might get there.
      
      Anyway, I could send you his email if you would be interested in speaking with him about his various business ideas.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 17:16:58 EDT lnxw48a1

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         @musicman I think I need to figure out a direction first. I don’t want to have your buddy tell me something and go “That sounds great!” ... and then realize months later that I’ve been working on building & launching something based on his enthusiasm and not mine.
         1. musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 17:32:01 EDT musicman

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            well, if you want to fiddle on a walking app, I can create a repo at https://github.com/Names-Are-Hard-Training-Apps
            
            I don't know when I will have a chance to work on it more.
      2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 17:20:45 EDT lnxw48a1

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         I used to be obsessed with starting a business. But various fambiz initiatives gradually fell apart, generally because the economy in my area of SoCal requires me to work outside the area and send money home, so I was working too many hours, going back to hotel rooms, and trying to manage things in terrible network conditions and with very restrictive time limits.
   2. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 17:25:50 EDT GeniusMusing

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      @lnxw48a1 I will drop you a line in the forest later about owning a biz. Things to research now, requirements in state that biz will be in (assuming not CA, PITA for companies), same for city (if you have a close guess), start thinking of names/domains, don't worry about what you will do, even if you decide on one thing it can change later, just as mine did. The best decision for us was to just start it and see where it goes.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jul-2020 23:51:23 EDT lnxw48a1

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         @geniusmusing The state is #MO, where grandpa's little buddy lives. (Well, okay, there's a grandpa's little buddy in #NE also, but not that one.)